Trona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Luriinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Trona
Trona leporina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Trona
Jousseaume, 1884
Type species
Cypraea stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Basterotia Jousseaume, 1884 (invalid: junior homonym of...)
  • Cypraea (Basterotia) Bayle, 1884
  • Peribolus Blainville, 1824 (Invalid: nomen oblitum)

Species

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Species within the genus Trona include:

Distribution

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This genus is found in the Atlantic Ocean off of Cape Verde, Senegal and Angola.

References

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  1. ^ Trona Jousseame, 1884. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
  2. ^ Trona stercoraria. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  • Burgess C.M. (1985). Cowries of the world. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
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